Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham

Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham (1030-15 July 1102) was Earl of Buckingham from 1097 to 1102, preceding Walter Giffard.

Biography
Walter Giffard was the son of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville, whose companionship of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 had earned him 107 lordships. The younger Walter inherited 48 lordships in Buckinghamshire upon his father's death in 1085, and he also held an important castle at Longueville. He served under King William II of England as Justiciar of England before being made Earl of Buckingham in 1097. He joined Robert of Normandy's 1101 invasion of England against Henry I of England, and he died in England in 1102.